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908925

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel about reports of Israeli soldiers shooting clearly marked medical personnel tending wounded Palestinians during the protests on 14 May.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL8087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>​The UK has repeatedly made clear to Israel our longstanding concerns about the manner in which the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) police non-violent protests and the border areas, including use of live ammunition. The Foreign Secretary raised the high number of casualties with Prime Minister Netanyahu on 16 May. We call directly on Israel to make clear its intentions and to carry out what must be a transparent inquiry into the IDF's conduct at the border fence, including demonstrating how this will achieve a sufficient level of independence.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/06/2018 16:17:05 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

908926

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel about reports of Israeli soldiers shooting press representatives and children during the protests on 14 May.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL8088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK has repeatedly made clear to Israel our longstanding concerns about the manner in which the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) police non-violent protests and the border areas, including use of live ammunition. The Foreign Secretary raised the high number of casualties with Prime Minister Netanyahu on 16 May. We call directly on Israel to make clear its intentions and to carry out what must be a transparent inquiry into the IDF's conduct at the border fence, including demonstrating how this will achieve a sufficient level of independence.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/06/2018 16:20:43 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

908927

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Israel: Borders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by the Minister of State for the Middle East on 15 May (HC Deb, col 138) confirming the Government’s support for Israel’s right to defend its borders, what they consider Israel’s borders to be.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL8089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK is clear that we support Israel's right to defend its borders from attack. We distinguish between the State of Israel within the 1948 armistice lines and the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. We are also clear that the permanent borders between Israel and a future Palestinian state should be based on pre-1967 lines with equal land swaps to reflect the national, security, and religious interests of the Jewish and Palestinian peoples. The final status of these borders must be determined by the parties as part of a negotiated two-state solution.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/06/2018 11:46:07 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

908929

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Israel: Arms Trade
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel about the use of arms approved for sale to Israel.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL8091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes its defence exports responsibilities extremely seriously and operates some of the most robust export controls in the world. We assess all applications very carefully against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria and human rights and international humanitarian law considerations are important parts of that assessment. We continue to keep the situation under constant review. We have no information to suggest that UK supplied equipment has been used against protesters. While we do not question the right of Israel to defend its borders, the use of live fire and the resulting loss of life is deeply troubling.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/06/2018 16:18:03 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

908930

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Omar Shakir
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel about the deportation of Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director, Human Rights Watch.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL8092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>​It is ultimately up to Israel to determine its immigration policy. The UK's immigration policy is similarly protected. Nevertheless, we raised our concerns regarding this case with the Israeli authorities on 22 May.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/06/2018 16:18:18 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

905329

registered interest
date	15/05/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Jerusalem: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they intend to take to protect Palestinians who are living in East Jerusalem from forcible eviction from their homes to make way for Israeli settlers.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL7920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2018 answer text <p>The British Government supports Palestinian communities in East Jerusalem facing demolition or eviction through our funding to the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) legal aid programme. This helps residents to challenge decisions in the Israeli legal system. Of those cases provided with legal representation through British NRC, 97% have resulted in suspension of demolitions and evictions, allowing Palestinians to remain in their homes. We regularly make clear our serious concerns about the situation in East Jerusalem to the Israeli authorities and the Municipality of Jerusalem, both bilaterally and in co-operation with EU partners. These concerns include the evictions of Palestinians and demolition of Palestinian property; the construction of illegal Israeli settlements; the removal of residency rights from Palestinians; possible unilateral changes to the municipal borders; and the severe difficulties of access to Jerusalem for Palestinians from the West Bank, or for those residents of Jerusalem who live beyond the Separation Barrier.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/05/2018 14:31:03 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

905330

registered interest
date	15/05/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they intend to take to prevent violations of Palestinian holy sites by Israeli forces and settlers in territory occupied by Israel.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL7921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK is firmly committed to the promotion and protection of human rights, including freedom of religion, in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs). We have a regular dialogue with the Government of Israel on the implementation of its obligations under international law and regularly and robustly raise our serious concerns on issues related to Israeli actions in the OPTs.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/05/2018 14:43:46 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

904294

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Israel: Nuclear Weapons
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the decision of the government of the United States to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, whether they plan to hold discussions with the government of Israel concerning International Atomic Energy Agency inspection of Israel's nuclear arsenal.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL7867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2018 answer text <p>We have regular discussions with the Government of Israel on a wide range of nuclear-related issues. Israel has not declared a nuclear weapons programme.</p><p>Israel does have a facility-specific safeguards agreement in place with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The agreement applies to a single facility in Israel, which is the Soreq Nuclear Research Reactor. The facility is inspected by the IAEA to ensure that it is not used for weapons purposes. We continue to call on Israel to upgrade this arrangement to a full scope Comprehensive Safeguards agreement with the IAEA.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/05/2018 12:12:23 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

904295

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State for the Middle East on 19 April (HC135976), what assessment they have made of the ability of an organisation that investigates complaints made regarding its own conduct to be accountable, independent and transparent.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL7868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text We will judge any proposal for an investigation on its merits. We urge that any investigation be independent and transparent, its findings be made public and, if wrongdoing is found, that those responsible be held to account. answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/05/2018 12:17:58 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

904296

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Israel: Bedouin
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they intend to take to protect the remaining Bedouin communities in the Jordan Valley from the threat of displacement.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL7869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2018 answer text <p>​The UK is gravely concerned by Israeli proposals to evict Bedouin communities in the Jordan Valley. We have been clear about this with the Israeli authorities and we regularly raise the matter through our Embassy in Tel Aviv. I visited the Bedouin community in Abu Nuwar on 10 April, and subsequently raised concerns about their treatment in meetings with Israeli Ministers and senior officials on 11 April.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/05/2018 15:42:44 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge